For the first time since 2008, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was able to lift the winning trophy after winning the Quicken Loans 400 on Sunday.

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Nate Ryan
USA TODAY

Earnhardt rallied from a pit stop on lap 11 that dropped his No. 88 Chevrolet to 37th. Crew chief Steve Letarte made two suspension adjustments that seemed to bring the car to life, and Earnhardt was helped by two competition cautions that bunched up the field.

He took his first lead on lap 70, breezing by pole-sitter Marcos Ambrose after whizzing past Greg Biffle in second a lap earlier, and he was able to build big leads under long green-flag runs. ...